Looking for someone around Nola to restore a car.

[TylerC]

My boss has a 62 Ranchero with the original straight 6 he's looking to go over. He wants to re-do the interior, put a paint job on it, and stick a v8 in there. It's in pretty decent condition as is but has been sitting about a year. He doesn't want to spend a fortune, maybe around 5k or so. Suggestions welcome

 

[LeftyDiego]

Keep the motor. What does he want out of it?

 

[f350drvr]

Thats alot of work for 5k. The engine swap alone would probably be that much. I priced getting my 65 continental painted around NOLA a few years ago. I couldnt find anyone that was interested in painting it for less than 8-10k. Most of the body shops in the area want quick insurance jobs like replacing a fender.

For interior, Calamari on Broad is really good. I had them redo the vinyl in my boat, and also fix a rip in the seat of my dads vette and they dig great work. http://www.calamaritrimshop.com/

 

[SpeedRacer]

That's a lot of stuff for $5K. What shape is the body/interior in? Unless the body is rust free he could easily spend $3-4K in just bodywork and paint. That doesn't leave much for a motor and interior!

 

[SHOT1]

a good paint job at a quality place will run you around $4k... so tell your boss to start with that in his mind and work from there

 

[blackened1313]

a good paint job at a quality place will run you around $4k... so tell your boss to start with that in his mind and work from there

except get the paint job last. Don't want to scratch it up putting a motor and interior in.

 

[blackened1313]

My uncle restores cars in slidell. pm me for phone number.

 

[LeftyDiego]

Motor, suspesion, etc...sleeper, paint and body is an easy $5k on the low side.

 

[smith625]

Your talking about 25k to do it right, i have done quite a few ground up's.

 

[TylerC]

We may end up keeping the motor as is I gotta get a better feel for whats going on with it. Really the overall shape is decent, I'll post some pics when I get them. Budget got pumped to 10k so we will see what happens. Thanks for the input thus far.

 

[LeftyDiego]

Plan on spending more than you plan on spending

 

[noob]

Plan on spending more than you plan on spending

that's the key to any renovation, home or car, or anything.